Lord Crichton
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The Lordship of Parliament of Crichton (Lord Crichton) was created in the Peerage of Scotland
around 1443 for William Crichton, who was Chancellor of Scotland (1439-1443 & 1448-1454). The third lord made the lordship become forfeited in 1484.
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
around 1443 for William Crichton, who was Chancellor of Scotland (1439-1443 & 1448-1454). The third lord made the lordship become forfeited in 1484.
Lords Crichton (c. 1443)
- William Crichton, 1st Lord CrichtonWilliam Crichton, 1st Lord CrichtonWilliam Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton of Sanquhar was an important political figure in Scotland.He held various positions within the court of James I. At the death of James I, William Crichton was Sheriff of Edinburgh, Keeper of Edinburgh Castle, and Master of the King’s household...
(d. 1454) - James Crichton, 2nd Lord Crichton (d. c. 1455)
- William Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton (d. c. 1493) (forfeit 1484)